“One of the most fascinating and intensely interesting books in the whole compass of English Literature * * * It has all the interest conferred by the truth of history, and at the same time the varied excitement of a well written romance.”—Western Continent.
“Perhaps the most truly valuable of the Author’s writings.”—Home Journal.
“The History of Columbus is admirably executed; and though a true and faithful history, it is as interesting as a high wrought romance.”
The Conquest of Florida.
BY THEODORE IRVING.
Prof. of History and Belles Letters in the Free Academy.
New and Revised Edition, Corrected, with Notes, and Illustrations from various recent sources. 12mo. In September.
The Monuments of Central and Western America;
With Comparative Notices of those in Egypt, India, Assyria, &c.
BY REV. F. L. HAWKS, D. D., LL. D.